Quote Originally Posted by Ryan Ross View Post
I've never really liked the draw-string idea for a feileadh-mor (although I like it quite a bit for the feileadh-beg)....with a (very) little bit of practice, you can learn to put on a completely untailored feileadh-mor in about 2-4 minutes, without even having to sit or lay down on the ground.
Okay, now THAT I would be interested in learning! The whole point (well, MOST of the point) of a drawstring for me is to be able to don the great kilt in a short amount of time. We'll be working this fair with two small children in tow (whom yours truly will be in charge of wrangling), so the less time I have to spend getting dressed, the better. Is there a particular technique to master to get the kilt on without laying down?

[As a side note, I considered making a feileadh-beg for this, even though there isn't any definite record of them until the 18th century (if memory serves). My thinking is that if the great kilt was two lengths of fabric stitched together to make an upper and a lower part, then surely SOMEone during a particularly hot summer MUST have decided that it would be cooler to wear just the one lower. Who knows? I may still do that once the season wears on and I get another length of fabric to play with.]

~Ken